The lyrics of the ghazal seemed to have captured the essence of the current Indo-Pak relations.

Other ghazals crooned by Ali included 'chupke, chupke raat din'.

The dinner was hosted at the Marriott Hotel, the scene of a major terror attack in September 2008 which had killed 54 people.

The dinner was also attended by members of the respective delegations of the two Foreign Ministers.

It came after talks between Krishna and Khar during which they reviewed the last round of parleys on all bilateral issues, including terrorism, Jammu and Kashmir and Siachen, and chalked out the roadmap for future round of discussions.

The two countries on Saturday finally made progress on people-to-people contact by inking pacts on a new visa regime and cultural exchanges, but there was no headway on New Delhi's concerns on the Mumbai terror attacks case, with Islamabad only assuring that it will bring to book the perpetrators as per its law.